Faculty of Theology

Main research interests:

  • Relationship of religion and politics
  • History of Anarchism and socialism
  • Christian und jewish mysticism
  • Criticism of ideology and Critical theory
  • Aesthetics, hermeneutics und historiography

    • PhD project:

    • "Reception and Construction of Gustav Landauer's 'mystical anarchism'"

      • Teaching Courses:
    • "Introduction to Scientific Work for Students of Religious Studies" (winter term 2026/27)
    • "What is Mysticism? Introduction in Literature, History and Research" (summer term 2026)

      • Teaching Qualifications:
    • Certificate in Higher Education Didactics awarded by the University of Göttingen.

      • Reviews:
    • Sebastian Venske: "Gustav Landauer als jüdischer Intellektueller? Eine Biografie", Berlin / Boston 2025, in: sehepunkte 25 (2025), Nr. 11, last retrieved on 17.11.2025 at https://www.sehepunkte.de/2025/11/39939.html

      • Presentations:
    • "Gustav Landauers 'mystical anarchism' in tension between ‚religion‘ – ‚romanticism‘ – ‚esotericism‘" at the 3rd Workshop of the DVRW Esoterics Working Group in Münster (19.06.2026).
    • "The secular bishop. Hugo Ball’s sound poems at the intersection of art, politics, and religion." at the 23. IAHR world congress Krakaow (25.08.2025).
    • "The German insanity and its cure. Exorcism, psychoanalysis and critique of ideology in Hugo Ball" at the 2. Workshop of the DVRW Esoterics Working Group in Halle/Wittenberg (13.06.2025).
    • "Critical Religiosity: On the Relationship between Mysticism and Socialism in Gustav Landauer and Hugo Ball" at the PhD-Workshop "Socialist Mysticism, Mystical Socialism: Social Reform and Alternative Religiosity in the Decades around 1900", University of Stockholm (19.02.2025).
    • "Complicated Complicity: Mysticism and Socialism as Critiques of Bourgeois Ideology in the Early 20th Century" at the Kritische Tage München (14.11.2024).

      • Workshops:
    • together with Mikheil Kakabadze and Konstantin Aron Moser: "Religious Studies and Critique of Ideology", University of Göttingen (20.01.2026).
    • „Open Source Methods in the humanities“ at the Kritische Tage München (06.11.2024).
    • together with Prof. em. Gerhard Marcel Martin: Bibliodrama on Lk 6,1-5, PhilippsUniversität Marburg (06.07.2024).

      • Other activities and commitment:
    • Since 2025: Member of the equal opportunities team at the faculty of theology (University of Göttingen).
    • Design and layout for the Religious Studies Göttingen Instagram Page (@religionswissenschaft on Instagram)
    • Logo design for the chair "Religionswissenschaft und Interkulturelle Theologie" at the University of Göttingen

      • Memberships:
    • German Association for the Study of Religion (Deutsche Vereinigung für Religionswissenschaft, DVRW)
    • Hugo-Ball-Society